Holder for memorandum-blanks or the like.



H. 'HAKE.

Patented Nov. 20, 1900.

HOLDER FOB MEMORANDUM BLANKS on THE LIKE.

(No Model.)

(Application filed May 15, 1900.)

WITNEEEEELE UNKTFD STATES PATENT Curios.

HARRY HAKE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RICHARD Y. LUTHY, OF SAME PLACE.

HOLDER FOR MEMORANDUM-BLANKS OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 661,977, dated November 20, 1900.

Application filed May 15,1900. Serial No. 16,806- (No model.)

To wh m it may n a ball-and-socket joint for the purpose here- Be it known that I, HARRY HAKE, a citizen inafter mentioned. The rod supports a plate of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, F for supporting the blanks, pad, paper, or in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, the like. It preferably has one or more lugs 5 have invented a certain new and useful Imf stamped out of its body and bent backprovement in Holders for Memorandumward ly and perforated to form a bearing for Blanks or the Like, of which the following is the plate about the rod. The plate also a specification. preferably has a depending sidef' and de- It is the object of my invention to provide pending top and bottomf f to aidin strength- 10 a convenient and ready holder for paper or suing the plate. At the side nearest the atpads upon which memoranda or notes may taching-plate the plate F has an upwardlybe written which is adapted to be readily atextending side f at either end to form a side tached to the side of a desk or in any conrest for the pad or paper. Adjacent to the atvenient position for use. taching-plate it has depending eittensionsf .[5 My invention consists in providing a holder f which may be reenforced by having solder 'for memorandum-blanks and the like simple or other brace f take between them and the in construction and operation, capable of atplate proper. The rod E extends outwardly tachment to a desk or other convenient posibeyond the plate through an aperturef in its tion for use, conveniently arranged for being depending sidef, the outer end of the rod be- 2o tilted to the desired angle for use and for being screw-threaded, as at e, to receive a nut ing folded out of the way, and in the parts 6. Sorewing up the nut clamps the plate F on and the construction, arrangement, and comthe rod E between the nut and the attachingbinations of parts hereinafter more fully deplate A by drawing the rod and plate longi' scribed and claimed. tudinally of the rod and plane of the support- 25 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in pering-plate in opposite directions, the nut takspective showing my improved device ating against the depending side f and the detached to a desk, so much of a desk being pending extensions f f taking against the shown as is necessary to properly illustrate attachingplate,the ballof the ball-and-socket my invention, the device being also shown in joint being drawn firmly against the inner 0 various and assumed positionsin dotted lines. walls of the socket at the same time. Before Fig. 2 is a plan view of my device with aporthe nut is screwed up, however, the plate F tion broken away to show the depending botis preferably placed at the desired angle for torn and side and with the paper or pad clamp writing, the plate being pivotally adjustable in assumed position in dotted lines. Fig. 3 about the axis of the rod. The holder may be 5 is a left-side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is dropped out of the way by loosening the nut, a right-side elevation of the holder with the so as to release the firm position of the plate, clamp and securing-nut omitted. Fig. 5 is an the rod E dropping into a slot 0 in the under enlarged section on the line to w of Fig. 2, side of the socket, the slot being of sufficient showing the device partly broken away and width to clear the rod and being cut back 40 in depending position in dotted lines with sufliciently to allow the rod to depend perthe clamp omitted; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged pendicularly, but retained in operative relasection of the attaching-plate on the line y 'g tion to the attaching-plate by the ball D. of Fig. 3 with the rod broken away and its The socket in theattaching-plate extends ball indicated in dotted lines. rearwardly to the outer edge of the plate to 5 45 A is an attaching-plate adapted to be sethe full diameter of the ball, as at 0 When cured to a desk, as B, or suitable convenient it is desired to secure the holder to an object, point for use, as by means of screws taking the rod is first slipped through the attachingthrough holes a. The attaching-plate has plate and socket and the attaching-plate then secured thereto or integral therewith a socket secured in position, after which the plate F is C, into which a ball D, attached to or inteslipped over the rod and secured in place. gral with a rod E, is adapted to take, forming The paper pad or blanks G are held on the plate F by means of a clamp H. The pad is preferably of the ordinary construction of pads with its top and side adjacent to the attaching-plate glued and with its loose edges at the bottom and outer side, so that when the supporting-plate is dropped the pad may hang with its loose edges at the bottom. This clamp consists, preferably, of a strip h, having an upwardly-extending edge h, adapted to be slipped about the depending top or bottom f f with the depending portion between the parts it and h. At its upper edge the clamp has a downwardly-projecting lip 72. between which and the plate F the paper, pad, or blanks are adapted to be clamped, there being preferably sufficient spring in the clamp to accommodate any reasonable thickness of pad or blanks it is desired to use in the holder. This lip or clamping edge extends parallel with the rod E distant from the longitudinal plane of the axis of the rod.

The holder is arranged so that it may be used either at the left or the right side of a desk or other article. In Fig. 1 it is shown attached to the right of a desk, having the clamp H secured to its upper edge. If it is desired to use the holder as a left-hand holder, the holder is simply turned around, so as to bring its top edge to the bottom, and the clamp H is placed at .its other end, which will then be the top, when the holder will be a left-hand holder.

The clamp H has a thumb-piece h for its ready manipulation. This thumb-piece may be stamped out of the clamp proper similarly to the lugsf.

The plate may have a recess f to allow for the socket O. The clamp H may have a sharp edge 72, so that the memorandum made may be readily torn from the pad. If desired, the plate may be stamped with suitable perforations or configurations to present a pleasing appearance.

The uses and conveniences of my device may be best described in connection with a roll-top desk. When the desk is open, the blanks or pad in the holder may be used for the purposes of an ordinary scratchpad for making memoranda, but provides a means for always having the pad in convenient location, where it is always ready for use and in no danger of becoming lost or buried under the papers of a desk. The holder may be adjusted so as to present the most convenient angle for writing, as shown in full lines or by dotted lines 2, Fig. l, and when it is desired to place it out of use the nut is relieved and the plate and pad dropped alongside the desk. When the desk is closed, the plate and pad or tablet are again thrown into lateral position at the desired angle and a customer or other person coming to the desk and desiring to communicate with the person having the desk in charge writes his request, memoradum, or instructions on the upper piece of paper in the pad,'tears it 01f, and slips it through the usual openingb in the side of the desk. The holder may also be secured at any desirable point -on the side of the desk as, for instance, where shown in full lines in Fig. 1 or where shown in dotted lines at wand may also be placed at the right or left hand of a desk and in either or any position or whether at right or left may be angled as desired and dropped down out of the way, if desired.

My device is exceptionally convenient for the purposes for which it is intended. It is simple and economical in construction and convenient in operation and use.

I claim- 1. In a holder of the character described,

'the combination of an attaching-plate, a rod extending laterally therefrom, a supportingplate also extending laterally to the attaching-plate substantially parallel with the rod, a hinge between the attaching-plate and rod, a securing device for exerting pressure on the hinge and supporting-plate in opposite directions substantially longitudinally of the rod and plane of the supporting-plate, means on the supporting-plate extending substantially parallel with the rod laterally to the attaching-plate for receiving aclamp for paper pad and the like and distant from the longitudinal plane of the axisof the rod, with the supporting-plate arranged to swing in lateral position about an axis lateral to the attaching-plate at about the middle of the supporting-plate, with the means for receiving a clamp maintained substantially parallel with and distant from the longitudinal plane of the axis of the rod, and constructed and arranged for permitting the supporting-plate and rod to be dropped out of the way so as to hang from the attaching-plate while the supporting-plate, rod and means for receiving the clamp are maintained substantially parallel, substantially as described.

2. In a holder of the character described, the combination of an attaching-plate, a rod extending laterally therefrom, a supportingplate also extending laterally to the attaching-plate substantially parallel with the rod, a hinge between the attaching-plate and rod, a securing device for exerting pressure on the hinge and supporting-plate in opposite directions substantially longitudinally of the rod and plane of the supporting-plate, means at both top and bottom of the supportingplate extending substantially parallel with the rod laterally to the attaching-plate for, receiving a clamp for paper pad and the like and distant from the longitudinal plane of the axis of the rod, with the supporting-plate arrangedto swing inlateral position about an axis lateral to the attaching-plate at about the middle of the supporting-plate, with the means for receiving a clamp maintained substantially parallel with and distant from the longitudinal plane of the axis of the rod, and

constructed and arranged for permitting the supporting-plate and rod to be dropped out of the way so as to hang from the attachingplate while the supporting-plate, rod and means for receiving the clamp are maintained substantially parallel, substantially as described.

3. In a holder of the character described, the combination of an attaching-plate, with a rod and a pivotally-arranged supporting-plate extending laterallytherefrom and. maintained in substantially parallel planes, a hinge between the attaching-plate and the rod, and a clamp for the supporting-plate and rod constructed and arranged for producing pressure on the hinge and supporting-plate in opposite directions longitudinally of the rod and plane of the supporting-plate and for permitting the supporting plate and rod to be dropped so as to hang from the attachingplate, substantially as described.

4. In a holder of the character described, the combination of an attaching-plate, a pivoted supporting-plate extending laterally with relation thereto, a rod for the supporting-plate extending laterally to the attaching-plate substantially parallel to the supporting-plate, a hinge between the rod and attaching-plate, and a clamp for the rod for clamping the supporting-plate between the clamp and the attaching-plate by exerting pressure on the supporting-plate and hinge in opposite directions substantially longitudinally of the rod and of the plane of supporting-plate, and with the supporting-plate and rod arranged to be dropped out of the way while maintained in substantially parallel position so as to hang from the attachingplate, substantially as described.

5. In a holder of the character described, the combination of an attaching-plate, a supporting-plate extending laterally with relation thereto, a rod extending laterally from the attaching-plate parallel to the supporting-plate with the supporting-plate pivoted about the rod, and a clamp at the, outer end of the rod for clamping the supporting-plate between the clamp and attaching-plate by forcing the supporting-plate and rod in opposite directions longitudinally of the rod and of the plane of the supporting-plate, and

with the supporting-plate and rod arranged to be dropped out of the way while maintaining their relatively parallel position so as to hang from the attaching-plate, substantially as described.

6. In a holder of the character described, the combination of an attaching-plate, a pivoted supportingplate extending laterally with relation thereto, a rod for the supporting plate extending laterally from the attaching plate parallel to the supporting-plate, and a clamp at the outer end of the rod for clamping the supporting-plate between the clamp and attaching-plate by forcing the supportingplate and rod in opposite directions longitudinally of the rod and of the plane of the supporting-plate, and with the supporting-plate and rod arranged to be dropped out of the way while maintaining their relatively parallel position so as to hang from the attachingplate, substantially as described.

7. In a holder of the character described, the combination of an attaching-plate A, having a socket C, and a slot 0, a rodEwith ball D thereon taking into the socket, a plate F extending longitudinally of and parallel with the rod with the plate swingingly secured with relation to the plate A, depending side f and depending extensions f and nut e at the outer end of rod E and outside of plate F, constructed and arranged for clamping the plateF between the nut and plate A by forcing the plate F and rod in opposite and parallel directions longitudinally of the rod E and of the plane of the plate F, and with the plate F and rod E arranged to be dropped out of the way while maintaining their relatively parallel positions so as to hang from the attaching-plate with the pad side of the plate outward, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name hereto in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY HAKE.

WVitnesses:

EARLE R. PASSEL, FLORENCE BRANDES. 

